Asami awoke slowly, gingerly touching the mostly healed but still painful wound above her right eye. Suddenly she remembered where she was and tried to stand, ready for a fight, but was too dizzy to find her balance. Clutching the sides of her head as if trying to will the dizziness away, she began looking around.

What... What happened?

The first thing she saw was Jeong Shu, unmoving and covered in blood. What the... Is he dead? Did Kuvira kill him? She thought before her eyes widened in panic.

Kuvira!

She began looking around wildly, trying to find the metal bender. Jeong Shu had made it clear what he planned on doing to Kuvira when she inevitably came to rescue Asami. The thought of such horrible things happening to her friend made her blood run cold and she was terrified that she was hurt... Or worse, dead.

Wait... My friend? Is she my friend?... Of course she is, she risked her life to find me... Hm. Who would've thought?

"Asami? Are you okay?"

The sudden voice made her jump before turning around quickly to face Kuvira, who'd been sitting next to Korra behind her all along. Asami breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Kuvira was alright.
"I'm fine, just a little dizzy... Are you okay?" She asked, noticing the tear streaks running down Kuvira's face.

Kuvira sighed before looking down at her lap. "No... I'm really not. But I'm glad you're not hurt, and I'm sorry... This is all my fault."

"What? How is this your fault?" Asami asked.
"You heard him Asami... He took you to get to me. You could've been killed, just because you're my friend.-" She cut herself off, afraid Asami would be upset or even angry with her for saying she was her friend. Asami noticed this, and smiled slightly before reaching out and pulling Kuvira into a hug.

"You're right, I was kidnapped because I'm your friend. But I'm also alive because you're mine. I think that makes us even."

Korra smiled as the two pulled away from each other. "So, what do we do now-" she began to ask, before a loud voice rang out behind them.

"Kuvira! Get away from them!" Suyin said, stopping a few feet away from the trio and dropping into a defensive earth bending stance.

"Su? What are you... Why are you here?" Kuvira said, shocked to her again after so many months without a word.

"I came as soon as Lin called and told me you'd broken out." Suyin said, clearly angered at the fact that Kuvira had broken her promise to accept her sentence. At that moment, a Republic City police zeppelin came hovering into view, stopping above the four women. A moment later, Lin BeiFong and a dozen officers rappelled down to the street and surrounded Kuvira, cutting her off from Korra and Asami.

"What have you done Kuvira?" Suyin demanded as she surveyed the destruction around them.

"Suyin, stop it. Kuvira didn't do any of this, and she only broke out to save me." Asami said, shocking the newcomers with her defense of the Great Uniter.

"Is that so?" Su asked pointedly. "Save you from what?"

Kuvira stepped forward, forcing Suyin to finally make eye contact with her. She pointed across the street at the now ruined shop before answering her one time friend.

"Jeong Shu is lying unconscious in that store over there. He kidnapped Asami Sato three days ago after learning of our friendship in order to draw me out. It worked. I came, we fought, he lost. And I'm more than willing to return to prison now that I know she's safe." And with that she held her arms out to Lin, expecting a pair of platinum bracelets to be slapped on her wrists.

To her surprise she instead received a nod, and the ghost of a smile. "Nice work kid. From what I've heard, I'm not sure even I could take him down." Lin said as she and two officers began walking towards the store, presumably to apprehend Jeong Shu.

"Jeong Shu is dead Kuvira, I saw his body myself. I don't know who you were fighting but it wasn't him." Suyin said, unable to believe what she was hearing.

"He faked his death, according to him he was able to stop his own heart." Asami said, finally able to stand with Korra's help.

Suyin simply shook her head, shocked by what she'd just learned. She looked over at the shop, waiting for him to be brought out so she could confirm his identity. Her shock became confusion when she realized Lin and the officers had stopped several feet away from the window and were just sanding there, still as statues.

"Lin? What are you doing? What's wrong?" She called out. Suddenly her sister turned around, her movements stiff and awkward. There was a pained and angry expression on her face as she began walking back towards them. She stopped in front of Kuvira, her anger seemingly turning to rage as she stared down the Great Uniter.

"Chief BeiFong? Are you alright? I... I know, it was excessive force. I won't lie to you, I would've killed him if Korra hadn't stopped me. Now, I know you're going to arrest me so you may as well just-"

Without a single word nor warning, a blade extended from the iron bracer Lin wore on her wrist. Before anyone could react or even realize what exactly was happening, she plunged the blade into Kuvira's chest, puncturing her left lung. A second later the blade found it's way into her abdomen, hitting the exact same spot as the glass shard had earlier, deepening the wound. Finally coming to her senses, Korra tackled Lin to the ground and pinned her hands above her head.

Kuvira stood there, eyes wide, for just a moment; before falling to her knees and coughing up the blood that was filling her lung. She could barely hear Korra screaming her name, could barely feel Suyin's arms wrap around her as she fell backwards. But she could hear him laughing. See him standing up as the officers in front of him fell, dead before they hit the ground. And a moment later she could see the blood begin pooling around their bodies. The last thing she saw before blacking out was him, slowly walking towards her. The last thing she heard as her eyes fell shut was his voice.

"You should have just killed me Kuvira... Now you'll never get another chance."

Then, all she saw was darkness. All she heard was laughter.